Subj : Re: I watched the 'talk'
To : AARON THOMAS
From : Rob Mccart
Date : Tue Apr 08 2025 01:33 am
AT>I'm hoping that somebody can put the evidence together to sue them. The probl
>is that average people (me at least) don't understand the technical
>jargon about electric, or how there could be any logical excuse for the bill
>ng doubled (actually tripled now.) Someone who knows the industry could proba
> solve this puzzle.
I assume you must pay for power by the KWH? What sort of rates are they
hitting you with down there?
Where I am we pay in Peak use hours 15.8 cents/kwh, Mid-Peak is
at 12.2 cents and Low-Peak is at 7.6 cents. The bill I looked at
for that information, I used pretty close to the same amount of
power at the high and mid rates, but the Lowest rate times I used
well over 3 times as much power, so that helps keep my costs low.
Lowest cost times are from 7PM to 7AM and on weekends.
Also, your power companies may be private and once in an area can do
whatever they want. Here the Gov't more or less regulates the power
company, and there really is just one. There are minor adjustments
like the closest town to me has their own electricity billing but
they get their power from the main grid, although they did build a
small hydro generation plant on a river in town, but I suspect it's
another case where the generated power is just sold back to add to
the main grid, not used locally. I doubt the probably just one
turbine could make near enough power to run the town, plus it
likely shuts down in winter due to ice problems.
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* SLMR Rob * It's hard to be graceful getting off your high horse
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